John Wesley Powell Middle School

Summary:

John Wesley Powell Middle School is a high-performing public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Littleton, Colorado, part of the Littleton School District No. 6, which is ranked 9th out of 116 school districts in the state.

With a student population of 526, John Wesley Powell Middle School consistently ranks among the top 20-75 middle schools in Colorado, with exceptional performance on state assessments. The school's academic outcomes are particularly strong in English Language Arts, Math, and Science, exceeding the averages of both the Littleton School District and the state of Colorado. The school also stands out for its high achievement among Hispanic and Gifted and Talented student subgroups, ranking among the top 12 and top 5-18 middle schools in Colorado, respectively. Additionally, the school maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.8 to 18.5, lower than nearby Goddard Middle School and Euclid Middle School.

Compared to other middle schools in the area, John Wesley Powell Middle School has a significantly lower percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 9.5% to 14.8% over the past three years, compared to 30.1% at Goddard Middle School and 73.1% at Englewood Middle School. This suggests the school may serve a more affluent student population than some of its neighbors. Overall, John Wesley Powell Middle School's consistently high academic performance, favorable student-teacher ratio, and equitable outcomes for diverse student groups make it a standout middle school in the Littleton area.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 8000 South Corona Way
       Littleton, CO  80122-2926


(303) 347-7850

District: Littleton School District No. 6

SchoolDigger Rank:
75th of 485 Colorado Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,397 Help


Students who attend John Wesley Powell Middle School usually attend:

High:    Arapahoe High School

Feeder schools for John Wesley Powell Middle School:

Elementary:    Hopkins Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.8 Help
Number of students:  526

Racial breakdown:

White:
76.2%
Hispanic:
13.5%
Two or more races:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  14.8% Help


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Compare Details John Wesley Powell Middle School ranks better than 84.5% of middle schools in Colorado. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Littleton School District No. 6. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.38. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details John Wesley Powell Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Littleton School District No. 6.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at John Wesley Powell Middle School is $17,397, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Littleton School District No. 6.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

John Wesley Powell Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks John Wesley Powell Middle School 75th of 485 Colorado public middle schools. (See John Wesley Powell Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Littleton School District No. 6:

SchoolDigger ranks Littleton School District No. 6 9th of 116 Colorado school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for John Wesley Powell Middle School

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Rank History for all students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 83.38 47th 336 86.0%
2005 82.43 53rd 340 84.4%
2006 85.76 38th 346 89.0%
2007 82.94 51st 360 85.8%
2008 83.04 50th 362 86.2%
2009 83.67 48th 377 87.3%
2010 84.78 45th 409 89.0%
2011 83.37 53rd 422 87.4%
2012 83.63 56th 425 86.8%
2013 88.63 41st 454 91.0%
2014 89.96 32nd 461 93.1%
2015 87.86 37th 436 91.5%
2016 91.98 20th 400 95.0%
2017 90.05 31st 424 92.7%
2018 90.98 24th 418 94.3%
2019 93.09 22nd 458 95.2%
2021 89.34 30th 369 91.9%
2022 86.17 46th 448 89.7%
2023 84.34 59th 480 87.7%
2024 80.38 75th 485 84.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 81.38 5th 31 83.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.92 78th 222 64.9%
2024 67.40 46th 244 81.1%
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Rank History for Female students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.10 22nd 315 93.0%
2019 89.51 26th 352 92.6%
2021 77.52 41st 254 83.9%
2022 83.02 44th 326 86.5%
2023 84.32 47th 363 87.1%
2024 76.55 69th 350 80.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 56.02 4th 12 66.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.69 5th 121 95.9%
2019 84.22 3rd 134 97.8%
2022 75.65 18th 93 80.6%
2023 80.94 5th 125 96.0%
2024 79.03 8th 126 93.7%
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Rank History for Male students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.65 23rd 317 92.7%
2019 92.87 20th 343 94.2%
2021 89.35 22nd 249 91.2%
2022 79.88 48th 328 85.4%
2023 75.53 63rd 356 82.3%
2024 74.76 68th 357 81.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.16 10th 165 93.9%
2019 89.11 13th 220 94.1%
2022 87.46 11th 169 93.5%
2024 92.68 12th 199 94.0%
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Rank History for White students at John Wesley Powell Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.28 27th 199 86.4%
2019 85.23 27th 283 90.5%
2021 77.33 32nd 203 84.2%
2022 75.19 51st 265 80.8%
2023 72.06 63rd 286 78.0%
2024 62.69 87th 273 68.1%
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Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a parent
Monday, December 8, 2014

Open Quote If your child is gifted and talented and has no struggles-academically, then most likely your child will do fine. It is when your child struggles-academically, will there be issues. Your child may feel a bit neglected and on their own in this situation. The bullying can be a bit, and the administration staff is not good with dealing. If your child attends this school, be cautious and on top of staff. You must advocate for your child closely. Close Quote



Enrollment information for John Wesley Powell Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 982 11 21 24 2 n/a n/a 0 1040
1989 976 11 25 21 0 n/a n/a 0 1033
1990 992 8 29 24 1 n/a n/a 0 1054
1991 956 8 27 30 0 n/a n/a 0 1021
1992 971 11 39 25 2 n/a n/a 0 1048
1993 1009 10 39 22 1 n/a n/a 0 1081
1994 982 10 49 25 3 n/a n/a 0 1069
1995 976 2 27 27 1 n/a n/a 0 1033
1996 976 2 27 27 1 n/a n/a 0 1033
1997 944 3 16 25 2 n/a n/a 0 990
1998 923 4 26 28 2 n/a n/a 0 983
1999 942 8 26 28 3 n/a n/a 0 1007
2000 929 7 35 30 3 n/a n/a 0 1004
2001 936 8 33 29 6 n/a n/a 0 1012
2002 915 11 26 23 5 n/a n/a 0 980
2003 915 11 26 23 5 n/a n/a 0 980
2004 891 17 24 35 2 n/a n/a 0 969
2005 849 17 22 38 3 n/a n/a 0 929
2006 846 13 15 48 4 n/a n/a 0 926
2007 836 13 14 55 5 n/a n/a 0 923
2008 822 10 14 62 6 n/a n/a 0 914
2009 791 13 19 59 7 n/a n/a 0 889
2010 738 13 29 59 6 n/a n/a 0 845
2011 692 7 25 101 7 0 28 0 860
2012 710 5 24 97 6 0 34 0 876
2013 711 5 25 85 6 0 28 0 860
2014 734 5 28 86 7 0 31 0 891
2015 762 10 33 87 5 0 34 0 931
2016 783 13 30 92 4 0 42 0 964
2017 794 13 27 88 4 1 50 0 977
2018 751 9 33 102 4 1 51 0 951
2019 709 9 29 99 4 1 45 0 896
2020 635 13 29 102 1 1 43 0 824
2021 567 16 21 85 0 2 41 0 732
2022 455 16 15 82 0 2 41 0 611
2023 401 11 10 71 0 1 32 0 526

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at John Wesley Powell Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1040 59.7 17.4 n/a
1989 1033 58.0 17.8 0.8
1990 1054 54.5 19.3 0.7
1991 1021 58.9 17.3 0.2
1992 1048 63.0 16.6 0.9
1993 1081 58.4 18.5 0.9
1994 1069 56.8 18.8 1.8
1995 1033 54.9 18.8 0.8
1996 1033 54.9 18.8 0.8
1997 990 54.9 18.0 1.4
1998 983 53.8 18.3 1.2
1999 1007 56.4 17.9 1.2
2000 1004 55.3 18.2 2.8
2001 1012 56.4 17.9 3.1
2002 980 54.7 17.9 2.4
2003 980 54.7 17.9 2.4
2004 969 49.9 19.4 4.1
2005 929 51.6 18.0 5.4
2006 926 48.8 19.0 6.3
2007 923 49.1 18.8 5.9
2008 914 46.2 19.8 4.8
2009 889 49.9 17.8 7.5
2010 845 44.4 19.0 8.9
2011 860 43.6 19.6 10.7
2012 876 41.3 21.1 12.8
2013 860 43.6 19.7 10
2014 891 42.6 20.9 12.1
2015 931 46.0 20.2 10.2
2016 964 47.0 20.5 7.8
2017 977 47.0 20.7 8.1
2018 951 47.1 20.1 9
2019 896 46.7 19.1 8.9
2020 824 45.0 18.3 10.9
2021 732 39.5 18.5 13.7
2022 611 33.6 18.1 9.5
2023 526 35.4 14.8 14.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio John Wesley Powell Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1040 59.7 17.4 n/a
1989 1033 58.0 17.8 0.8
1990 1054 54.5 19.3 0.7
1991 1021 58.9 17.3 0.2
1992 1048 63.0 16.6 0.9
1993 1081 58.4 18.5 0.9
1994 1069 56.8 18.8 1.8
1995 1033 54.9 18.8 0.8
1996 1033 54.9 18.8 0.8
1997 990 54.9 18.0 1.4
1998 983 53.8 18.3 1.2
1999 1007 56.4 17.9 1.2
2000 1004 55.3 18.2 2.8
2001 1012 56.4 17.9 3.1
2002 980 54.7 17.9 2.4
2003 980 54.7 17.9 2.4
2004 969 49.9 19.4 4.1
2005 929 51.6 18.0 5.4
2006 926 48.8 19.0 6.3
2007 923 49.1 18.8 5.9
2008 914 46.2 19.8 4.8
2009 889 49.9 17.8 7.5
2010 845 44.4 19.0 8.9
2011 860 43.6 19.6 10.7
2012 876 41.3 21.1 12.8
2013 860 43.6 19.7 10
2014 891 42.6 20.9 12.1
2015 931 46.0 20.2 10.2
2016 964 47.0 20.5 7.8
2017 977 47.0 20.7 8.1
2018 951 47.1 20.1 9
2019 896 46.7 19.1 8.9
2020 824 45.0 18.3 10.9
2021 732 39.5 18.5 13.7
2022 611 33.6 18.1 9.5
2023 526 35.4 14.8 14.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for John Wesley Powell Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $11,691
2020 $12,093
2021 $12,204
2022 $14,355
2023 $17,397

Data source: Colorado Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on John Wesley Powell Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 22nd of 458 Middle schoolsRanks 59th of 480 Middle schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (John Wesley Powell Middle School)69.956.7
 13.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Littleton School District No. 6)58.561.9
 3.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)43.643.4
 0.2%
6th Grade Math (John Wesley Powell Middle School)50.544.9
 5.6%
   6th Grade Math (Littleton School District No. 6)46.149.6
 3.5%
   6th Grade Math (Colorado)29.528.2
 1.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (John Wesley Powell Middle School)75.157.2
 17.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Littleton School District No. 6)68.361.1
 7.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)46.545
 1.5%
7th Grade Math (John Wesley Powell Middle School)64.548.9
 15.6%
   7th Grade Math (Littleton School District No. 6)56.350.2
 6.1%
   7th Grade Math (Colorado)31.626.3
 5.3%
8th Grade Science (John Wesley Powell Middle School)69.966.4
 3.5%
   8th Grade Science (Littleton School District No. 6)55.159.1
 4%
   8th Grade Science (Colorado)31.531.3
 0.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (John Wesley Powell Middle School)78.271.4
 6.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Littleton School District No. 6)69.367.1
 2.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)46.942.4
 4.5%
8th Grade Math (John Wesley Powell Middle School)67.659.7
 7.9%
   8th Grade Math (Littleton School District No. 6)61.162
 0.9%
   8th Grade Math (Colorado)36.932.7
 4.2%
All Grades English Language Arts (John Wesley Powell Middle School)74.461.9
 12.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Littleton School District No. 6)64.159.9
 4.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Colorado)45.843.7
 2.1%
All Grades Math (John Wesley Powell Middle School)60.951.3
 9.6%
   All Grades Math (Littleton School District No. 6)52.551.2
 1.3%
   All Grades Math (Colorado)34.732.9
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students896526
 41.3%
African American911
 22.2%
American Indian40
 100%
Asian2910
 65.5%
Hispanic9971
 28.3%
Pacific Islander11
White709401
 43.4%
Two or More Races4532
 28.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients8.9%14.8%
 5.9%


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Students who attend John Wesley Powell Middle School usually go on to attend Arapahoe High School

John Wesley Powell Middle School ranks 75th of 485 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at John Wesley Powell Middle School are 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 526 students attended John Wesley Powell Middle School.


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